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title: "Generate PDC signing token | Grafana Labs"
description: "Steps for how to generate a signing token used when installing private data source connect"
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# Generate PDC signing token

In this step, you create a PDC signing token. The PDC agent uses the signing token to authenticate with your Grafana Cloud instance.

The system provides you with a default token name. You can choose to use that token, create one, or use an existing token.

In the **Use a PDC signing token** section of Grafana Cloud, perform one of the following:

**Create a new token:**

1. Click **Create a new token**.
2. Enter a value in the **Token name** field. Make sure the token value is meaningful to you and something you’ll remember (for example, `pdc-agent-prodUS`).
3. Click **Create token**.

**Use an existing token:**

1. Click **Use an existing token**.
2. Enter a token you have created in the past. The token name must begin with `glc_`.

If you are installing PDC agent on Kubernetes or Docker, you don’t need to install the binaries. Skip to the **Deploy PDC agent** milestone.